Waxbills (Estrildidae)

New Ireland Mannikin (Lonchura forbesi) - HBW 15, p. 377

French: Capucin de Nouvelle-Irlande German: Forbesnonne Spanish: Capuchino de Nueva Irlanda
Other common names: New Ireland Munia/Finch, Buff-breasted Mannikin, Forbes's Mannikin/Munia

Taxonomy: Munia forbesi P. L. Sclater, 1879, Topia, New Ireland.
Has been thought to form a superspecies, or to be conspecific, with L. hunsteini. Monotypic.

Distribution: New Ireland, in Bismarck Archipelago.